METHOD FOR DEPLOYING A THERMO-MECHANICALLY EXPANDABLE STENT
摘要
An expandable stent (10) for use within a body lumen that is coated with a radiation-absorbing material (18 and 20) and that is not plastically expandable at normal body temperatures but is expandable at a temperature between about 38 DEG C to 60 DEG C following exposure to radiation. The invention also relates to a method of deploying such a stent (10) within the body.
申请公布号
WO0239875(A2)
申请公布日期
2002.05.23
申请号
WO2001US43630
申请日期
2001.11.14
申请人
B. BRAUN MEDICAL INC.;DORFMAN, GARY, S.;HEALY, KEVIN, E.;WALSH, JOSEPH, T.
发明人
DORFMAN, GARY, S.;HEALY, KEVIN, E.;WALSH, JOSEPH, T.